#BD8736#BD8736

#BD8736 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.116 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8736
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 12.91, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 51.59, 75.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0321 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.116 74)
XYZ	xyz(30.3182, 28.4156, 7.3773)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8736 #366CBD

analogous

#BD4336 #BD8736 #B0BD36

triadic

#BD8736 #36BD87 #8736BD

tetradic

#BD8736 #36BD43 #366CBD #BD36B0

square

#BD8736 #36BD43 #366CBD #BD36B0

split-complementary

#BD8736 #36B0BD #4336BD

monochromatic

#5E431B #8D6528 #BD8736 #D1A45F #DFBF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BD8736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BD8736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8736

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8736	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.116 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a971',
    500: '#bd8736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8736;
$custom-light: #d5a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66218,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.28413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8736

secondary

#85A1C9

accent

#85DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8736

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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